by Michael Ruffin | Sep 25, 2012 | Opinion
I’m writing these words on my 54th birthday, and I’m in a reflective mood. I’m thinking about what I have learned in my five and a half decades of living. Here’s a list, in no particular order: Baseball is still the greatest sport in the world,...
by Michael Ruffin | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
I am a natural born U.S. citizen; I am practically a natural born Christian, too. I was, after all, born on U.S. soil to American parents who took me to church for the first time when I was 10 days old. My growing-up years were marked by a seemingly natural and...
by Michael Ruffin | Jun 13, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following column was originally a deacon ordination sermon, based on 2 Kings 5:1-27, delivered by Michael Ruffin on June 10, 2012. It is a tale of two servants, one a young girl and the other a grown man. She was a servant to the wife of a...
by Michael Ruffin | May 4, 2012 | Opinion
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but...
by Michael Ruffin | May 2, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: Read Michael Ruffin’s column that appeared yesterday on EthicsDaily.com about what people really mean when they say, “I enjoyed that sermon.” Below are the top 10 things people really don’t mean when they say, “I...
